[Discuss] CUPS PPD files and printing

[Cy Schubert]

In message <20180302182829.0e83b227 at baracuda.derith.de>, Burkhard 
Ott-Langer wr
ites:
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 10:10:44 -0800
> Craig Miller <cvmiller-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > It has been a long while since I have played with PPD files. I bought
> > a new printer that is a Brother HL-L2360DN (a duplex printer).
>
> The vendor of any postscript printer provides the PPD as far as I know.
> (http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=gb&lang=en&prod=hll2360dn
> _eu_as&os=128)
>
> A generic postscript driver should work too, since 2 sided printing is
> not a specific thing of postscript. Should work with any printer.

That depends if the printer natively supports postscript. Some do, some 
don't. You might be right as I think brother might.


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